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A review by jillbillpill
Modern Herstory: Stories of Women and Nonbinary People Rewriting History by Blair Imani
3.0
A good read for people new to the subject or people who never saw themselves reflected in history or those who want to learn more about amazing historical women.
Not very inclusive of Jewish activists of any gender or sexuality. There’s only one Jewish person profiled in the book—Jazz Jennings. And her Judaism is not mentioned. This is strange in a book that highlights every identity category—whether or not it is the most privileged category.
If this book didn’t want to profile Ruth Bader Ginsberg or another Jewish woman in modern history, that’s fine. But it’s odd that there was no mention of the Jewish identity of the one jewish person included in the book.
I do enjoy the history of everyone else I read about, even if it was pretty surface level. This would be a good book for an 10-14 year old or anyone who wants to expand their worldview.
But it left me feeling like I was back in 1st grade when everyone else was making advent calendars in class and I sat alone in the corner, feeling like Jewish people don’t count.
I don’t think the book went out of its way to exclude anyone. But it felt like a glaring omission in a book that featured women and non-binary folx of every major racial and ethnic category. I don’t feel the book was antisemitic. But it wasn’t inclusive of Jewish women either.
Not very inclusive of Jewish activists of any gender or sexuality. There’s only one Jewish person profiled in the book—Jazz Jennings. And her Judaism is not mentioned. This is strange in a book that highlights every identity category—whether or not it is the most privileged category.
If this book didn’t want to profile Ruth Bader Ginsberg or another Jewish woman in modern history, that’s fine. But it’s odd that there was no mention of the Jewish identity of the one jewish person included in the book.
I do enjoy the history of everyone else I read about, even if it was pretty surface level. This would be a good book for an 10-14 year old or anyone who wants to expand their worldview.
But it left me feeling like I was back in 1st grade when everyone else was making advent calendars in class and I sat alone in the corner, feeling like Jewish people don’t count.
I don’t think the book went out of its way to exclude anyone. But it felt like a glaring omission in a book that featured women and non-binary folx of every major racial and ethnic category. I don’t feel the book was antisemitic. But it wasn’t inclusive of Jewish women either.